Summary of the previous chapter: Cui Chengxiu listened to a mysterious man and went to recognize Wei Zhongxian as his father...
Li Yongzhen said: "We are waiting outside the door. If Mr. Wei is willing to meet me, I will inform you now."
Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and indicated that he should report it. Li Yongzhen understood and hurriedly ran out and pulled Cui Chengxiu in.
When Cui Chengxiu saw Wei Zhongxian, without saying a word, he first kowtowed three times and bowed nine times. Although Wei Zhongxian knew that this kind of salute was inappropriate and under normal circumstances, three kowtows nine times was an exclusive way of bowing to ancestors and the emperor, but it was still very strange.
I happily watched Cui Chengxiu finish worshiping.
After Cui Chengxiu paid homage to Wei Zhongxian, he didn't get up. He just knelt down. Wei Zhongxian was curious and asked: "Cui Chengxiu, you suddenly gave me a gift. What's wrong?"
Cui Chengxiu raised his head and looked at Li Yongzhen. The latter said to Wei Zhongxian: "Master Wei, Mr. Cui wants to worship you as his righteous father."
Cui Chengxiu listened to Li Yongzhen's words and quickly kowtowed to Wei Zhongxian: "I beg dad to take the child."
Wei Zhongxian grinned: "Why do you want to be my adopted son?"
Cui Chengxiu said: "My child has been away from home for a long time. He rarely hears about the affairs inside and outside the court, but he can always hear that his father loves and thirsts for virtuous people. So as soon as the child returned to Beijing, he came to beg his father to take him in. It was considered a success."
A child’s wish.”
Although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he was not stupid. After listening to Cui Chengxiu's words, Wei Zhongxian asked, "Are you afraid that you have encountered some difficulty?"
Cui Chengxiu nodded and said: "Dad has a clever plan. The child has indeed encountered difficulties. Hey, it is mainly due to the gangsters of the Donglin Party, Gao Panlong, and Xing, who interfered with the child for no reason. The child is still confused.
water......"
When he heard that it was the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian was furious: "Okay, since it's the Donglin Party, let's not say anything. Get up. I'll take over your son."
Cui Chengxiu was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed: "My dear, thank you daddy so much."
...
While Cui Chengxiu was courteously flattering Wei Zhongxian, not far from them, a maid lowered her head and raised the corners of her mouth slightly...
At night, Cui Chengxiu was very drunk and staggered out. Just after taking a few steps, the soles of his feet slipped and he lost his balance and fell forward.
"Uh" Cui Chengxiu was about to stand up in a daze. At this moment, a soft but sinister voice came from behind him: "Don't move."
Cui Chengxiu was still drunk and thought someone was joking with him. He waved his hand and muttered: "Stop making trouble and take me home!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Chengxiu felt like someone had knocked him on the back of his head, and then he didn't know anything else.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Cui Chengxiu gradually woke up, moved his body, and found that he was tied up.
Cui Chengxiu shook his head and took a closer look. He was indeed tied up.
"I...where am I?" Cui Chengxiu moved his body vigorously, but was tied very firmly and could not move at all.
"Don't worry, you are safe now," a woman with her face covered flashed in front of Cui Chengxiu and said softly.
Cui Chengxiu raised his head and looked at the woman, tremblingly saying: "You...what are you going to do?"
The woman smiled slightly: "Master Cui, don't be afraid, don't worry, I won't harm your life."
"Then, what do you want?"
"Well, I heard that Master Cui recognized Eunuch Wei as his father in order to survive. I just want to ask, Master Cui, who is older, you or Eunuch Wei?"
Cui Chengxiu blushed with shame and said nothing. He was actually older than Wei Zhongxian.
"Oh, it looks like Mr. Cui is older. Then it will be really difficult for you to accept Wei Zhongxian as your father."
"You, what do you want?" Cui Chengxiu was about to cry.
"Tsk, tsk, Mr. Cui, look at you, I didn't do anything to you. Besides, what will I, a weak woman, do to you? Well, to be honest, I just feel that Mr. Cui was a censor during those days.
I have received a lot of benefits, so I thought that Master Cui would share some with us..."
Hearing that the other party was asking for money, the stone in Cui Chengxiu's heart finally fell to the ground. He kept nodding and changed his mournful expression just now and said: "It's easy to talk about it. If you want money, I'll give it to you!"
"Eh? Mr. Cui, this is how unkind you are. As the saying goes, good things should be shared by everyone. I took them all. What should you do? Well, I'll leave it at that. What about you, Xiu Shuyi?
Just give it to your family, ask your wife to prepare money, and just say you want to make friends and make connections, um, how about it?"
Cui Chengxiu quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll write it now, I'll write it now, but my hands are tied, how can I write it?"
"Well, wait a minute, I'll let you go!"
Cui Chengxiu rolled his eyes, wondering if he should wait for the woman to let go of his hand and then take the opportunity to break free and try.
It's a pity...the other party didn't mean to completely let go of him, but just freed his right forearm, and while freeing it, stood behind him holding a dagger.
Cui Chengxiu was shocked. He saw the dagger in the woman's hand exuding such a sour smell. This time, Cui Chengxiu became honest.
Picking up the brush, Cui Chengxiu gracefully wrote his request for money on the paper. After finishing writing, Cui Chengxiu did not forget to think of the woman behind him and politely said: "I have finished writing."
The woman did not quickly pick up the paper to read the content. Instead, she tied Cui Chengxiu's right forearm again before picking up the paper.
"Well, the writing is pretty good, but... Mr. Cui, it's wrong for you to show off your literary talent."
Cui Chengxiu was stunned and looked at the masked woman with some horror.
The masked woman smiled slightly, pointed to a few words on the paper, and said: "Master Cui is really good at hiding his head. Well, it's Master Cui's misfortune that he met me. Let's see.
I'd better help you change it. By the way, Mr. Cui, I am very good at imitating other people's fonts."
The masked woman said, picked up the pen, unfolded a piece of paper again, and wrote a letter in front of Cui Chengxiu.
Cui Chengxiu had very good eyesight. When he saw the woman writing the letter, big beads of sweat broke out on his head.
"Okay, I've finished writing. Mr. Cui, you've seen it, right? Well, how did the little lady's writing go?"
Cui Chengxiu's face was filled with helplessness. What else could he say at this moment?
"Well, the little girl will go deliver the letter now..."
"Wait a minute...wait a minute..." Cui Cheng smiled bitterly, "Girl, then I'm tied up..."
"Oh, by the way, this is a flower tie. It will be untied automatically after two hours."
"Ah? I..." Cui Chengxiu had heard about flower binding. He regretted it, but he still couldn't move. In desperation, he just watched the masked woman slink away.